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Vodafone says termination rate clampdown would hit the poor

Pull the other one
Government • 1 Sep 09:48

Government data protection standards are protected data

We could tell you, but then we'd have to kill you
Government • 1 Sep 07:42

Customs raids tech trade show

IFA Armed agents search for patent infringers
Policing • 29 Aug 14:40

Excessive IP protection causes economic gridlock, says expert

Too much protection = lack of innovation
Law • 29 Aug 10:51

Erotic artist urges spanking for Jacqui Smith

'Extreme porn' definition dithering drags on
Policing • 29 Aug 10:46

UK.gov child data-sharing scheme delayed (again)

Controversial ContactPoint hit by 'user interface problems'
Government • 29 Aug 09:01

Ofcom considers termination charges

Fancy paying to receive mobile calls?
Government • 29 Aug 08:02

Data watchdogs did not want to see eBay bank server

Watching the watchmen
Law • 28 Aug 15:48

DARPA develops zap-bomb electropulse countermeasures

First, get pulse bombs to work
Government • 28 Aug 14:12

McKinnon loses extradition fight

European court clears injunction, washes hands of hacker case
Law • 28 Aug 11:35

Microsoft, Nikon release shutter on patents

Darkroom Knight
Law • 28 Aug 11:13

McKinnon heads for the last chance saloon

Pentagon hacker's final appeal
Law • 28 Aug 09:52

Judah 'Visual Voicemail' Klausner sues Google, Verizon, Citrix...

Rent due again?
Law • 28 Aug 00:03

Microsoft and Immersion settle settlement settlement

The semantics of force feedback
Law • 27 Aug 22:02

Election watchdog makes ID card U-turn

Unnecessary for fraud clampdown
Government • 27 Aug 11:47

Electoral officers oppose edited register

Local gov hates marketeers
Law • 27 Aug 09:49

DARPA in Tom'n'Jerry robo-brain quest

First they came for the mice; and I said nothing
Government • 26 Aug 16:09

Yahoo! reinvades! Iran!

Tech giants forge Axis of Email™
Law • 26 Aug 12:50

Colonel: Bowman army comms 'astonishingly bad'

Battery life & range crap - but at least it's heavy
Government • 26 Aug 12:45

EC misleading EU on copyright extension, says boffin

'Wilfully ignored' studies that disagreed
Law • 26 Aug 12:31

Tories want data loss prosecutions

Knowing or reckless heads on spikes, please
Government • 26 Aug 11:14

Qinetiq trumpets midsummer robo solar-plane 'record'

Now let's see it work at winter solstice
Government • 26 Aug 10:45

'Child protection' database slammed as plod data mine

Troubled kids' pasts open to investigators
Policing • 26 Aug 09:54

Reader comments bigger legal risk than forums

Mod squad issues dire warning
Law • 26 Aug 09:43

Newegg plays chicken with New York 'Amazon Tax'

Out-Byrnes Patrick Byrne
Channel Register • 25 Aug 22:09

Dancing Baby v. Universal: Baby wins!

Assess fair use first, US court warns copyright holders
Law • 25 Aug 18:37

No snapping: Photographers get collars felt

Watch where you point that thing this weekend
Policing • 23 Aug 09:02

UK spooks forced to hand Gitmo files to suspect's lawyers

Dirty bombs, dirty hands for MI5
Law • 22 Aug 16:35

BCS to review NHS IT for Tories

Calls for public input
Government • 22 Aug 09:40

Lag log leaks - Home Office contractor loses entire prison population

Secure database + idiot + memory stick
Policing • 22 Aug 07:13

Media companies urge judge to activate Intel's anti-redaction machine

AMD vs Intel Free those docs!
Law • 21 Aug 22:02

Phreakers seize government phone system

Department of Homeland (in)Security
Government • 21 Aug 18:41

Bush makes last-minute grab for civil liberties

'I'm still in the White House you know'
Law • 21 Aug 16:15

Royal Navy plans world's first running-jump jet

Carrier flyboys to descend on a wing and a prayer nozzle
Government • 21 Aug 12:54

Gordo returns to website in crisis

This blog storm could be what finishes him
Government • 21 Aug 12:04

DARPA seeks 'perch and stare' spy-fly robot

Blasted robot bats on the washing line again
Government • 21 Aug 09:50

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